Hairpin



l. HAYMAN.

HAIRPIN.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 18, 1919.

Patented J une 1, 1920.

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ISAAC HAYMAN, 0F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

HAIRPIN'.

An eles, in the county of Los Angeles, State of aalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hairpins, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a hair pin to be used in putting up ordressing the hair, and an object of the present invention is to provide a pin which has no sharp corners or points, which will stay in the hair and high is invisible.

Pins in common use are generally made of a wire bent into a U shape, the legs of the pin being crimped in a variety of ways to hold the pin in the hair. There are many disadvantages of such forms of pin, the ends although carefully made are always more or less sharp and injure the hair and care must be taken in using the pin not to scratch the scalp. The larger portion of the pins are smooth and straight, the crimps being the only means for holding them in the hair and although they are made the same color as the 'hair they can easily be seen. due to the fact that the greatest portion of the pin is straight while the hair is usually wavy or irregular: By my invention I provide a hair pin which overcomes these difliculties; by having no sharp edges or points which are apt to injure the scalp; and by making my pin in such a manner as to make its entire length, as well as a particular portion of'it, adapted to hold in the hair; and by having the entire pin made without any straight portion of wire.

Further details of my invention will bereadily understood from the following detailed description of various forms, reference bein had to the accompanying drawings in w liich Figure l is a side elevation of a preferred form of pin; Fig. 2 is a modified form of an enlarged portion of a pin; Figs. 3 and 4 show modified forms of ends or points; Figs. 5 and 7 show portions of a modified .form of pin, Fig. 5 being at one of the enlarged portions of the pin while Fig. 7 shows the end; Fig. 6 is an enlarged section taken on line 66 of Fig. 5; Fig. 8 is an enlarged section taken on line 88 of Fig. 7 Fig. 9 is a section similar to Fig. 6 showing a modified form; and Fig. 10 shows a typical wire loop out of which the pin may be formed.

In the drawings numeral 10 designates a Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1920.

Application filed March 18, 1919. Serial No. 283,377.

typical loop of wire out of which the pin may be formed said'loop being made by welding the ends of a straight piece of wire together; 11 designates the ends of the pin,

and 12 the enlarged portion for holding the pin in the hair. Although it is preferred that the ends of the wire, which form the loop, be held together by welding, the pin can be formed from a looped wire the ends of whlch are butted closely together. The loop 10 is preferably made of wire but I do I not wish to limit myself to wire alone as a similar loop may be formed from sheet metal, from tubing, or any metal that may be shaped as herein set forth. Ends 11 are preferably formed as shown in Fig. 1, being substantially flat open loops with elongated openings 13. By'shaping the ends in this manner they form rounded points 14 which can be easily pushed through the hair without'any danger of scratching thescalp. Figs. 3 and 4 show modified forms of ends which may be used. In Fig. 3 the loop is completely closed. there being no opening similar to 13 in Fig. 1. This form provides a somewhat sharper point than the form shown in Fig. l. The form shown in Fig. 4 is one in which the loop forms a nearly circular opening 18,.the point l4 being formed by narrowing the opening 13 as shown in the figure. Loops or enlarged portions 12 are provided to hold or anchor the pin in the, hair. These enlarged portions are preferably made in the form 15 being practically round. The enlarged ,portions being formed in this manner allow the pin to be easily pushed through the hair. Fig. 2 shows a modified form of enlarged portion in which the opening is nearly square rather than round. The pin may be formed by taking a loop of Wire as shown in Fig. 10 and twisting it into the shape shown in Fig. 1. The legs 16, in which are the enlarged portions 12, and also the bend 17, are formed from wires twisted together, thus making the surface irregular thereby preventing the pin from sliding out of the hair. The pitch or length of the twists in the wire may varybut I prefer to-make it about as shown in Fig. 1. The pin may be made of any suitable number of strands of wire, in Figs. 5, 6 and 7 I illustrate portions of a pin of four strands; and Fig. 9 illustrates a portion of a pin made of three strands. The pins when completely shaped may be finished by enameling, painting or covering them in any suitable manner. The covering or finish-will fill any spaces that there may be between the wires thereby eliminating the possibility of any hair being caught and pulled. The pin being enameled not only prevents it from catching and pulling the hair but'also assists in making the pin invisible, by being enameled 'or finished in various colors to match various shades of hair.

It will be understood that I do not wish to limit myself to particular forms or details 1. A hair pin comprising an endless twisted metal loop, having an intermediate enlarged looped portion between the twisted portions and the twisting being otherwise tight, and extending up to the loop on both sides thereof.

2. A hair pin comprising a plurality of portions of wire twisted together, and having an intermediate enlarged loop between the twisted portions and the twisting being otherwise tight and extending up to the loop on both sides thereof.

3. A hair pin having a pair of legs each of which legs is formed of a plurality of portions of wire twisted together, each leg having an intermediate enlarged loop and the twisting being tight and extending up to the loop on both sides thereof.

4. A hair pin each of whose legs is formed of a plurality of portions of wire twisted together, each, leg having an intermediate enlarged loop, and also havlng at lts end an enlarged loop and the twisting beingtight and extending tightlyright up to the loops.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 6th day of March, 1919.

I ISAAC HAYMAN.

lVitnesses VIRGINIA BERINGER, VERA J OUS. 

